Edward Meadors Copeland III, M.D, Oral History Interview, April 09, 2019
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Portraits of R. Lee Clark, MD and key figures in surgery, 1970s-80s
- Research: hyperalimentation
- Department of General Surgery: culture; organization of rotations; evolution of research; key figures
- Division system: implementation of; impact on surgery; continued value of
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: R. Lee Clark's Recruitment and The Attraction of MD Anderson in the Seventies
Chapter 02: The Department of Surgery in the 1970s
Chapter 03: Portraits of MD Anderson Surgeons in the Seventies-Eighties: Part I
Chapter 04: Portraits of MD Anderson Surgeons in the Seventies-Eighties: Part II
Identifier
Copeland_M_20190409
Publication Date
4-9-2019
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, The Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History | Surgery
Recommended Citation
Copeland, Edward Meadors III, MD; Balch, Charles M. MD; and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Edward Meadors Copeland III, M.D, Oral History Interview, April 09, 2019" (2019). History of Surgery - Interview Sessions. 4.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/surgeryhist_interviewsessions/4
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject
Edward Copeland III, MD came to MD Anderson in 1971 for an Advanced Senior Fellowship in Cancer Surgery with a specialization in head and neck surgery. He joined the faculty in 1972 and served until 1982, when he joined the University of Florida system. Dr. Copeland’s research areas include surgical nutrition, metabolism and tumor biology. He has served as President of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the Southern Surgical Association, and the Halstead Surgical Society, and Chaired the American Board of Surgery as well as the Board of Reagents of the ACS.